coagulase/breast neoplasms

Neutropenia following high-dose chemotherapy leads to a high incidence of infectious complications, of which central venous catheter-related infections predominate. Catheter-related infections and associated risk factors in 392 patients participating in a randomized adjuvant breast cancer trial and

OBJECTIVE To calculate the surgical site infection (SSI) rates with a surgical prospective surveillance program and postdischarge follow-up. METHODS During a 18 months period (01/01/93 to 04/30/94), a surgical wound surveillance program followed on the surgeries practiced at the National Institute

OBJECTIVE To examine the effects of changing i.v. administration sets at 48 versus 24 hours on the incidence of infusion-related septicemia in neutropenic patients with cancer. METHODS Prospective, randomized clinical trial with repeated measures. METHODS Large urban cancer center. METHODS 50 adult

Background: Breast implants are widely used in reconstruction after breast cancer. Infection after implant reconstruction is a major complication, with rates ranging from 5 to 30%. This rate is less for pure cosmetic augmentation.

A 62-year-old female patient was given cancer chemotherapy for lymph nodes metastases in the left breast cancer. She was admitted to the hospital because of severe watery diarrhea, in hypovolemic shock, and was diagnosed as suffering from not-typhoidal Salmonella by stool culture. After systemic

The incidence of delayed breast abscess as a complication following the treatment of breast cancer has not been reported. A retrospective review of 112 patients (pts) undergoing lumpectomy and radiation therapy (RT) in our institution revealed a six per cent incidence of delayed breast abscess

Mastitis (inflammation of mammary gland) is a most devastating disease condition in terms of economic losses occurring throughout the world. The etiological agents may vary from place to place depending on climate; animal species and animal husbandry and include wide variety of gram positive and

BACKGROUND The evidence to support dressing standards for breast surgery wounds is empiric and scarce. OBJECTIVE This two-arm randomized clinical trial was designed to assess the effect of dressing wear time on surgical site infection (SSI) rates, skin colonization and patient perceptions. METHODS A

BACKGROUND Febrile neutropaenia is a common complication of chemotherapy in cancer patients. Empirical antibiotic regimes are based on the epidemiological characteristics of bacterial isolates globally and locally. METHODS This study retrospectively reviewed all cases of febrile neutropaenia in

BACKGROUND Breast implant infections are usually caused by Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci. Gram-negative bacilli are rarely reported to be involved in breast implant infections. METHODS Thirty-seven cases of microbiologically confirmed breast implant infection managed